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{{Infobox film
| name = White Snow
| image =
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Praveen Morchhale]]
| producer = Barefoot Pictures, India
| writer = Praveen Morchhale
| starring = Madhu Khandari <br />Bhavya Khurana<br />Kaneez Fatima<br />Khacho Ahmad Khan
| music = Nalin Vinayak
| cinematography = Mohammad Reza Jahanpanah
| editing = Anthony Joseph
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2025|12|09}}
| runtime = 81 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[Urdu]]
| gross =
}}
'''White Snow'''' is an Indian [[drama film]] directed and written [[Praveen Morchhale]]. The film is an [[Urdu]]-language independent drama film starring Madhu Khandari and Bhavya Khurana in lead roles. The film is an Indo-French co-production by Barefoot Pictures, India, and Woooz Pictures, France. This is Praveen Morchhale's fifth feature film, and is based on a real life incident<ref>
{{Cite web |url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/white-snow-review-deceptively-powerful-kashmiri-drama-celebrates-freedom-of-expression/5211386.article |title=‘White Snow’ review: Deceptively powerful Kashmiri drama celebrates freedom of expression |last=Kerr |first=Elizabeth|date=2025-11-26|website=ScreenDaily.com|access-date=2026-01-09}} </ref>.

This film premiered in 2025 at the 49th [[São Paulo International Film Festival]] (Brazil). It has also received nominations <ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman|url=https://variety.com/2025/film/festivals/praveen-morchhale-white-snow-kashmir-film-censorship-1236596003/|title=Praveen Morchhale on ‘White Snow,’ Kashmir and Film Censorship: ‘Cinema Today Lives Under the Shadow of Fear of Disappearance’|date=2025-11-30|work=Variety|access-date=2026-01-09}}</ref> at the [[56th International Film Festival of India]] ([[Goa]]) in its [[IFFI ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal]] competition; the [[Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival]], Indonesia, and the [[Kolkata International Film Festival]] (Indian Competition).

== Plot ==
“White Snow” centers on Fatima, whose filmmaker son Amir sees his work banned after its first community screening following complaints from religious authorities. The film’s transgression: depicting post-partum blood after childbirth. When Amir is arrested on charges of attempting to create social unrest, Fatima embarks on a perilous journey with an old cathode-ray tube television and DVD player loaded onto a yak, determined to screen the film in remote villages.

== Cast ==
* Madhu Khandari as Fatima
* Bhavya Khurana as Ameer
* Khacho Ahmad Khan as the priest

== Critical response ==
''Widow of Silence'' has received positive reviews from critics and audiences alike.

[[Variety (magazine)]] wrote that “White Snow,” is filmmaker Praveen Morchhale's “artistic revolt” against political systems that repress artists<ref>
{{Cite web |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman|url=https://variety.com/2025/film/festivals/praveen-morchhale-white-snow-kashmir-film-censorship-1236596003/|title= White Snow|date=2023-03-14|work=Variety |access-date=2026-01-09}}</ref>.

Elizabeth Kerr wrote on [[Screen International]] that "White Snow" is a "Deceptively powerful Kashmiri drama celebrates freedom of expression". She also noted that it has "Just the right balance of resignation and rage"<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kerr |first=Elizabeth|url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/white-snow-review-deceptively-powerful-kashmiri-drama-celebrates-freedom-of-expression/5211386.article|title=‘White Snow’ review: Deceptively powerful Kashmiri drama celebrates freedom of expression|date=2025-11-26 |work=Screen Daily|access-date=2026-01-09}}</ref>.

The Asian Movie Pulse noted that while Praveen Morchhale has always been political in his works, with "White Snow", he takes a step further, directly commenting on the lack of freedom and the restrictions artists face today, in a pointed accusation that also unfolds as a road movie<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kotzathanasis |first=Panos|url=https://asianmoviepulse.com/2025/10/white-snow-2025/|title=White Snow (2025) by Praveen Morchhale Film Review|date=2025-10-16 |work=Asian Movie Pulse|access-date=2026-01-09}}</ref>.

Film critic Dipankar Sarkar at UpperStall.com wrote that "Praveen Morchhale’s White Snow shows how art strains against invisible boundaries of authority, and offers an understated yet piercing critique of the personal costs of freedom of expression"<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sarkar |first=Dipankar|url=https://asianmoviepulse.com/2025/10/white-snow-2025/|title=White Snow|date=2025-11-26|work=UpperStall|access-date=2026-01-09}}</ref>.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35657235/ IMDB - "White Snow" ]
* [https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/white-snow-review-deceptively-powerful-kashmiri-drama-celebrates-freedom-of-expression/5211386.article Film review: White Snow (2025)] by ScreenDaily.com
* [https://variety.com/2023/film/asia/india-haf-white-snow-politics-1235553348/ Film review: White Snow (2025)] by Variety.com
* [https://asianmoviepulse.com/2025/10/white-snow-2025/ Film Review: White Snow (2025)] by AsianMoviewPulse.com
* [https://bengalinfo.com/newsdetail.php?newsid=434828 Film Review: White Snow (2025)] by BengalInfo.com

[[Category:2025 films]]
[[Category:2025 Urdu-language films]]
[[Category:Urdu-language Indian films]]

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